3rd Health, Law, and Technology Symposium (HELT 2025) cover image

HELT 2025 AGENDA

08.30 – 09.00

Registration

09.00 – 09.10

Welcome Speech by Prof. Dr. Paul Quinn, HELT Symposium Chair and Director of Health & Ageing Law Lab (HALL)

Prof. Dr. Paul Quinn picture
Prof. Dr. Paul Quinn
09.10 – 09.30

Morning Keynote by Ms. Tilly Metz, Member of the European Parliament

Ms. Tilly Metz picture
Ms. Tilly Metz
09.40 – 11.10

Main Hall

Vulnerability, Technology, and One Health: Intersectional Approaches to Global Health Challenges (Organised by VUB Health & Ageing Law Lab)

Balcony Room

One Health: Exploring the Effects of Contemporary Legal, Environmental, and Technological Challenges to Digital Health Research (Organised by ID Law - University of Vienna)

 

11.10 – 11.30

Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00

Main Hall

Legal Preparedness at International, European, and Domestic Level as a Key Tool to Implement One Health (Co-organised by ESIL Interest Group on International Health Law, Global Health Security Agenda Legal Preparedness Action Package, The Jean Monnet Module “One Health: Global and EU Perspective” (1HEALTH), and The Jean Monnet Module PROHTECT – Promoting opeRationalisation of One Health Through EU juridiCal Tools)

Balcony Room

From Data Return by Design to Ethical Secondary Use: A Scalable Approach to the Governance of Clinical Trial Data (Organised by EU Project FACILITATE)

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.20

Afternoon Keynote by Prof. Dr. Carlos Gonçalo Das Neves, European Food Safety Agency (EFSA)

Prof. Dr. Carlos Gonçalo Das Neves picture
Prof. Dr. Carlos Gonçalo Das Neves
14.30 – 16.00

Main Hall

Crafting Regulatory Frameworks for Equitable and Responsible AI in Health (Organised by Department of Digital Health and Innovation, Science Division, World Health Organization)

Balcony Room

How Can Risk Prediction Modules Contribute to ‘One Health’ (Organised by EU Project SmartCHANGE)

The Pad Room

One Health, EHDS and Data Privacy: Towards New Horizons (Organised by VUB Health & Ageing Law Lab)

16.00 – 16.20

Coffee break

16.20 – 17.50

Main Hall

The Use of Secondary Data and the Goal of One Health (Organised by VUB Health & Ageing Law Lab)

Balcony Room

Social and Human Centered XR Technologies for Health (Organised by EU Project SUN)

The Pad Room

TBC

17.50 – 18.00

Closing remarks

18.00

Farewell

09.00 – 09.10

Welcome Speech by Prof. Dr. Paul Quinn, HELT Symposium Chair and Director of Health & Ageing Law Lab (HALL)

Prof. Dr. Paul Quinn picture
Prof. Dr. Paul Quinn
09.10 – 09.30

Morning Keynote by Ms. Tilly Metz, Member of the European Parliament

Ms. Tilly Metz picture
Ms. Tilly Metz
09.40 – 11.10

Vulnerability, Technology, and One Health: Intersectional Approaches to Global Health Challenges (Organised by VUB Health & Ageing Law Lab)

Panel Session

Prof Dr. Nils Schaks picture
Prof Dr. Nils Schaks
Dr. Maria Tzanou picture
Dr. Maria Tzanou
Dr. Liam Quinn picture
Dr. Liam Quinn
Dr. Tereza Hendl picture
Dr. Tereza Hendl
Dr. Mila Paspalanova (Moderator) picture
Dr. Mila Paspalanova (Moderator)
11.10 – 11.30

Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00

Legal Preparedness at International, European, and Domestic Level as a Key Tool to Implement One Health (Co-organised by ESIL Interest Group on International Health Law, Global Health Security Agenda Legal Preparedness Action Package, The Jean Monnet Module “One Health: Global and EU Perspective” (1HEALTH), and The Jean Monnet Module PROHTECT – Promoting opeRationalisation of One Health Through EU juridiCal Tools)

Panel Session

Dr. Mark Eccleston-Turner picture
Dr. Mark Eccleston-Turner
Katherine Ginsbach picture
Katherine Ginsbach
Carmen Bullon picture
Carmen Bullon
Prof. Dr. Flaminia Aperio Bella picture
Prof. Dr. Flaminia Aperio Bella
Dr. Stefania Negri (Moderator) picture
Dr. Stefania Negri (Moderator)
13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.20

Afternoon Keynote by Prof. Dr. Carlos Gonçalo Das Neves, European Food Safety Agency (EFSA)

Prof. Dr. Carlos Gonçalo Das Neves picture
Prof. Dr. Carlos Gonçalo Das Neves
14.30 – 16.00

Crafting Regulatory Frameworks for Equitable and Responsible AI in Health (Organised by Department of Digital Health and Innovation, Science Division, World Health Organization)

Panel Session

Paula E. Kohan picture
Paula E. Kohan
Daanish Naithani picture
Daanish Naithani
Dr. Abdulmalik Bin Khulayf picture
Dr. Abdulmalik Bin Khulayf
Fulvia Raffaelli picture
Fulvia Raffaelli
Dr. Shada AlSalamah (Moderator) picture
Dr. Shada AlSalamah (Moderator)
16.00 – 16.20

Coffee break

16.20 – 17.50

The Use of Secondary Data and the Goal of One Health (Organised by VUB Health & Ageing Law Lab)

Panel Session

Prof. Dr. Paul Quinn picture
Prof. Dr. Paul Quinn
Prof. Dr. Yael Friedman picture
Prof. Dr. Yael Friedman
Dr. Moira Kelly picture
Dr. Moira Kelly
Prof. Dr. Alejandro F. Frangi picture
Prof. Dr. Alejandro F. Frangi
Dr. Tugce Schmitt (Moderator) picture
Dr. Tugce Schmitt (Moderator)
17.50 – 18.00

Closing remarks

09.00 – 09.10

Plenary Session @Main Hall

09.10 – 09.30

Plenary Session @Main Hall

09.40 – 11.10

One Health: Exploring the Effects of Contemporary Legal, Environmental, and Technological Challenges to Digital Health Research (Organised by ID Law - University of Vienna)

Workshop

Rodessa May Marquez picture
Rodessa May Marquez
Klaudia Kwiatkowska picture
Klaudia Kwiatkowska
Syed Zulkifil Haider Shah picture
Syed Zulkifil Haider Shah
Mag. Boris Kandov picture
Mag. Boris Kandov
Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Forgó (Moderator) picture
Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Forgó (Moderator)
11.10 – 11.30

Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00

From Data Return by Design to Ethical Secondary Use: A Scalable Approach to the Governance of Clinical Trial Data (Organised by EU Project FACILITATE)

Panel Session 

David Murphy picture
David Murphy
Prof. Dr. Johanna Blom picture
Prof. Dr. Johanna Blom
Veronica Popa picture
Veronica Popa
Swapna Pothula picture
Swapna Pothula
Wenkai Li (Moderator) picture
Wenkai Li (Moderator)
13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.20

Plenary Session @Main Hall

14.30 – 16.00

How Can Risk Prediction Modules Contribute to ‘One Health’ (Organised by EU Project SmartCHANGE)

Panel Session

Renato Sabbadini picture
Renato Sabbadini
Tim d’Hondt picture
Tim d’Hondt
Claudia Dictus picture
Claudia Dictus
16.00 – 16.20

Coffee break

16.20 – 17.50

Social and Human Centered XR Technologies for Health (Organised by EU Project SUN)

Workshop

Cong Yao picture
Cong Yao
Dr. Federico Posteraro picture
Dr. Federico Posteraro
Dr. Vincent Mendez picture
Dr. Vincent Mendez
Dr. Tom Degenhardt picture
Dr. Tom Degenhardt
Dr. Giuseppe Amato picture
Dr. Giuseppe Amato
Daniele Leonardis picture
Daniele Leonardis
Giuseppe Caracciolo (Moderator) picture
Giuseppe Caracciolo (Moderator)
17.50 – 18.00

Plenary Session @Main Hall

09.00 – 09.10

Plenary Session @Main Hall

09.10 – 09.30

Plenary Session @Main Hall

09.40 – 11.10

TBC

11.10 – 11.30

Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00

TBC

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 14.20

Plenary Session @Main Hall

14.30 – 16.00

One Health, EHDS and Data Privacy: Towards New Horizons (Organised by VUB Health & Ageing Law Lab)

Paper Presentation Session

Klaudia Kwiatkowska picture
Klaudia Kwiatkowska
Dr. Dominika Kuźnicka-Błaszkowska picture
Dr. Dominika Kuźnicka-Błaszkowska
Dr. Malgorzata Willinska picture
Dr. Malgorzata Willinska
Cong Yao picture
Cong Yao
Dr. Anastasiya Kiseleva (Moderator) picture
Dr. Anastasiya Kiseleva (Moderator)
16.00 – 16.20

Coffee break

16.20 – 17.50

TBC

17.50 – 18.00

Plenary Session @Main Hall